Caught up on my 52 Paintings project with some watercolor sketches of dapper gentlemen from a 1900 Sears Roebuck catalog. Some ended up with paint in unintended places (still figuring out my Waterbrush), but I sort of like them.
Brooke Condolora is an illustrator and quiet adventurer on an island in the San Francisco Bay.
A few little things from the end of 2012 that I didn’t get a chance to share. Details in the captions!
This is a shot from the Doggins intro I just finished animating, now handed off to David for editing before it goes into the game.
I actually animated this twice: originally frame-by-frame like the characters, and later in Motion, which was, of course, quicker and a better fit for this type of scene. Still, I much prefer character animation!
Friends from Los Angeles came up to visit last weekend (miss you guys!), and we spent some time exploring these crazy ruins in San Francisco called the Sutro Baths. If ruins alone weren’t appealing enough, there’s also a river otter named Sam living in one of the pools. And a cave.
Made my own photopolymer plate (for letterpress printing) last night at an SFCB class! Love getting to have a hand in every step of the process.
A new website and logo, at last! If you’re reading this through the Tumblr dashboard or an RSS feed, come visit.
I’ve had a redesign in backburner progress for months, but in one impulsive week, I cut off my hair, designed a new mark to match, and built a website around it. Oops.
One reason I’d been planning a redesign was to make my website responsive. It now is, including photosets and embedded videos here on the blog, thanks to some smart guys (see respective links for their scripts).
Also behind the redesign was a desire to simplify everything. Since I’m no longer looking for clients and the majority of my work is for my own projects, I decided to do away with the portfolio and focus on sharing new work on my blog and Dribbble. At some point, I’ll probably add a projects section, but for the moment, I’m happy with all the clean space.
Now, back to game building!
Made an even smaller one! Adding it to my shop later today.
I’m attempting to do some sort of quick painting every week this year, and this is the first: watercolor of a character from our next Brain&Brain game.
I should add that I have no idea what I’m doing with watercolor.
Drawing table, improved. Pennant by Always With Honor and new old ottoman with storage!
David and I just returned from a very snowy visit to both our families. Christmas day found us under a blizzard warning—in Arkansas. It snowed hard all night, and we woke up to around a foot of snow, with drifts up to my knees. It was beautiful.
